When students return to Tulane University this August for the beginning of the fall semester, they'll find the largest Trash to Treasure Move-In Sale in the program's history, thanks to a record-breaking spring collection that kept more than 92,000 pounds of reusable items out of local landfills.
Led by Tulane Trash to Treasure team members, the Center for Public Service and the Office of Sustainability, the annual campus move-out initiative collected 92,400 pounds of reusable goods in the spring, far surpassing its goal of 70,000 pounds. Working alongside students, parents, volunteers, staff and community partners, the program diverted the equivalent of nearly 18 dumpsters of waste from the landfill.
